Thineshan Kathirchelvan (TA)'s Blog – January 2011 Archive (1)

Altium and Eagle are great softwares for PCB design. The softwares can be used to generate schematics and this information (all the parts and connections) can be automatically transferred to a PCB design layout where the parts can be manually arranged and then automatically routed (for relatively simple layouts). Altium also has a simulator and a 3D design layout mode that is helpful for complicated design. Eagle does not have these functions. However it is much less expensive than Altium.…